Saturday-Night Theatre

Sat 23rd Nov 1963, 20:30 on BBC Home Service Basic

2: The Enemy Below

A play for radio by D.A. Rayner adapted from his novel of the same name
With Leo Genn and Gerard Heinz

September, 1943. The Hecate, a British destroyer, is alone in the South Atlantic - alone, but for a blip on the radar which could be a German U-Boat.
Producer: Richard Imison

Narrator: Norman Claridge

British Destroyer - Commander: John Murrell (Captain): Leo Genn

British Destroyer - Surg. Lieut. MacMillan:

Fraser Kerr

British Destroyer - Lieut Mackeson: John Baddeley

British Destroyer - Andrews: Glyn Dearman

British Destroyer - Radar Officer: Peter Bartlett

British Destroyer - Lt Commander Thompson:

Kevin Flood

British Destroyer - Willis: John Broster

British Destroyer - Lieut Johnson: Bruce Condell

British Destroyer - Coxswain: John Broster

British Destroyer - Engineer Officer: Peter Bartlett

British Destroyer - Stoker Bradley: John Baddeley

British Destroyer - Robins: Bruce Condell

German U-Boat - Grand Admiral Doenitz:

Rudolf Offenbach

German U-Boat - Signalman: Michael Goldie

German U-Boat - Leutnant Kunz: Gabriel Woolf

German U-Boat - Helmsman: Lewis Stringer

German U-Boat - Bauer: Kenneth Hyde

German U-Boat - Braun: Lewis Stringer

German U-Boat - Oberleutnant von Holem:

Frank Partington

German U-Boat - Oberleutnant Schwachofer:

John G. Heller

German U-Boat - Korvettenkapitan Peter von Stolberg (Captain): Gerard Heinz

German U-Boat - Planesman: Stephen Thorne

German U-Boat - Petty Officer Muller:

Rudolf Offenbach

German U-Boat - Engineer Kritz: Michael Goldie

Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

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